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one-many

[ wuhn-men-ee; usually read as wuhn-tuh-men-ee ]
/ ˈwʌnˈmɛn i; usually read as ˈwʌn təˈmɛn i /

adjective Logic, Mathematics.

(of a relation) having the property that an element may be assigned to several elements but that given an element, only one may be assigned to it.

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Origin of one-many

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby one-many

one-lung, one-lunger, one-man, one-man show, One man's meat is another man's poison, one-many, on end, oneness, one-nighter, one-night stand, one-note
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British Dictionary definitions for one-many

one-many

adjective

maths logic (of a relation) holding between more than one ordered pair of elements with the same first member
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